Automobile door hinge



Dec. 13, 1927.

A. W. WAY

AUTOMOBILE Doon HINGE Filed March 5, 1925. 2 Sheets-Sheet l I D@ 13, 1927. 1 l 1,652,965 y A. w. wAY

AUTOMOBILE DOOR HINGE Filed March 5. 1925 2 sheets-sheet 2 ,g /6 x ,2v r/ ,5 l /f/ 2O 'I Y J ./5 7g alo; l '/9 /5 :/7 Q, /6 $01 l l/ f f /5 l 2 /O Q/p L i. Www/f m Patented Dec. 13, 1927.

UNITED STATS 411.,.55259657 PAT'ENT oFF1cE.

ALBEN WARREN WAY, OFPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.- I

" AU'roMoBLE noon HINGE.

Appneeuen mea Maren 5, 1925. serial Ne'.1a,19 3.

keuekle after adjustment. The pinne is held My invention relates to certain improve' ments in hinges, which are capable of being VVadjusted laterally. The invention is especially adapted for use in 'connection with. the V doors of automobiles.'

One object of the invention is to design the hinge 4so that the bearing is concealed and enclosed, the bearing surface being protected from the weather.

A vfurther object of the invention is to manufacture the hinge leaves from cold, rolled steel, or other metal, blanking out each leaf and bending and pressing it intopshape so that the protecting covering is locked in l5 position by the side members.

VThe invention also relates to certain details, which will be fully described hereinafterfreference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

'ing operation of the blank illustrated Ain -LF 6; Fig. 8 is a view showing the blankbent into final shape;`.` Fig. 9 is a 'view of the blank of the other leaf; Fig. 10 is a View into final shape; e

Fig.' 11 is a side view of the pintle; and Fig. 12 is an `inverted plan viewl of the pintle.

ehewingeeid leef beet Referring to'thedrawings, 1 is oneleaf of the'hinge. 2 is the other leaf. 3 is nthe pintle, which connects the two leaves. The :pintle has a concentric portion 4, aneccentric portion 5, and a reduced, concentric portion 6. The pintie has a head 7, which is octagonalvin v'the present instance, and `is slotted to receive, a screw driver. portion 4 is mounted in the knuckle 8 of the leafl and the concentric portion 6 ismounted inthe knuckle 9 of said leaf. The eccen- ,tric portion 5 is mountedin the knuckle 10 of thelea'f 2. A r'ib y11, formed in the knuckle 8 in the present instance, engages the head and [prevents its turning in the The concentric from raising by means-oa Cotter pin 12 or other feastening, which passes throu h an opening 13 in the portion '6 of the pint e. When the hinge'i's applied to the door of an automobile, the door may\ not' fit the door opening accurately. IBy the use of my 4improved hinge, all that is' necessary is to remove the cotter pin 12,' raise the pintle so thatthe head 7 is clear of the rib 11. By turning the pintle, one leaf of the hinge can be shifted laterally in respect tofthe other leaf in order tobring the door in proper alignment `with the door jamb. When the vleaf is adjusted, the pintle is depressed so that the vheadrests back of the rib 11, which locks the pintle to the leaf 1. By insertln the cotter pin 12,'thepint1e is prevented om lifting.

the blank being formed, as shown in Fig. 6, in which 15 is the body of the blank, which has lateral extensions [16'. that form the knuckles 8 and l9.of the hinge, and a portion 17 that forms the enclosing member of the The leaf 1 is made from cold, rolled steel,

hinge. "lhis portion has4 4two longitudinal,

grooves 18, which, when -the-portionsl are bentl at rlght angles, as iny Fig. 7, are in line with theedges of the portion'16' sot that,.when the portion 17 is bent, vas in L Fig. 1, the'edges of the portion 16 enter the grooves and are locked firmly in position. The end 19 `of the portion 17 is then bent over .the shoulders 20 of the portion 16,as

shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2, firmly lock'- ing the partsin position. The edgeof the portion 17 forms a stop for the leaf 2 of the hinge, and the portion 17 vprotects the joints of thehinge and makes a neat finish. The leaf A2 is made as-slown in Figs. 9

9, and the reduced the knuckle 10.

The abutting parts, ofthe leaf- 1, aswell portion 21 is bent to form vas the abutting parts of the leaf '2, may be -and 10. The blank is cut,- as shown in Fig.

welded, if founddesirable.v The rib 11 is formed. by the punching, or pressing operation, when the blankl is cut, as illustrated,i

I eleim: i

'1. A` leaf of a hinge 'made from she'e 'I metal and having `upper and lower integral knuckles bent u'p from the edges of the bodyof the leaf, and having an Aintegral enclosing 'member forming an extension of the body portion and-bent' aroundv 'the means which-interlockingy with thel knuckles holdin the parts in position. l

2. T e combination in a. hinge, of a leaf `5 made. of pressed sheet metal; having knuckles 'bent :it-right angles to the 'body of the leaf each of-said knuckles having a shoulder and the-leaf having a rounded, enclosing memA ber extending the full width of the hinge l ](Land interlocking with the shoulders of the knuckles of 'the leaf; a second leaf; and a."

pntle connecting the two leaves,

' knuckles, I slaid enclosing member having 3. The combination in a hinge, of a leaf made of sheet 'metal punched to form notched, lateral 'proj ections; a groovedextension beyond 'the rejections, the knuckles of the leafbeing thebody thereof and the grooved extension 'being bent laround the knuckles, vthe edgesl of the knuckles extending into' the grooves; a, secondv leaf located between vthe ,'two

knuckles o the hinge; and a pintle connecting the two leaves.

ALBEN WARREN ent atytjright angles to 

